Information is not available in the precise form requested and the Farm Business Survey is not able to provide figures for (a) Ribble Valley. The following table shows average net farm income per farm in (b) the north-west Government office region and (c) the UK in each year since 1980-81. Data are not available on a comparable basis for earlier years.
£ per farm North-west United Kingdom 1980-81 10,788 7,013 1981-82 18,460 10,005 1982-83 11,519 11,341 1983-84 13,734 10,714 1984-85 16,163 11,817 1985-86 9,630 6,675 1986-87 13,296 10,011 1987-88 11,733 11,571 1988-89 16,082 12,319 1989-90 20,311 15,482 1990-91 15,995 14,288 1991-92 17,621 15,250 1992-93 20,558 19,166 1993-94 26,134 21,923 1994-95 24,006 24,123 1995-96 29,009 31,776 1996-97 24,389 26,027 1997-98 15,082 12,213 1998-99 9,086 8,512 1999-2000 7,277 6,639 2000-01 15,179 8,666 2001-02 21,383 12,992 2002-03 17,108 13,728 2003-04 21,243 23,932 2004-05 16,596 17,991 2005-06 16,293 17,508 Source: Farm Business Survey
Net farm income is defined as the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and on the tenant type capital of the business. It excludes all income arising from outside the farm business.